Improvement in folding footstools



J'. B. TYLER.

FOLDING FOOT-STOOL.

N'o.172,674. Patented Jan. 25, 1876.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. TYLER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOFRANCIS PEROIVAL, or SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT? IN FOLDING ,FOOTSTOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,674, dated January25, 1876; application filed 1 November 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN B. TYLER, ofBrooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedFolding Footstool, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement ot'a footstoolwith jointed legs, ca-

pable of folding together, in combination with a bag or bags or pockets,made of a soft and warm material, fastened to the top of the stool toreceive the ends of the feet, and so arranged that said bags or pocketscan be turned over and placed in the under side of the stool, and thelegs of the stool folded over the same for the purpose of facilitatingthe carrying or transporting of the same.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure I represents a frontview of myimproved footstool, in a position ready for use. Fig. II is across-section of the same, and Fig. III represents a front view of thestool folded together.

A is the top plate of the footstool, provided with sides B, to which thelegs (J G are hinged. Upon the top of the stool bags or pockets D D arearranged, made of a soft, warm material, such as flannel, woolen, orsimiliar materials, sufficiently large to insert the feet. These bags orpockets are attached by hands a to the one side of the stool, andfastened by a similar band, a, to the other side. When not in use, orwhen desired to transport the same, the bags D are turned over byunfastening the band or strap a, and are laid into the under side of thestool, and the legs 0 O folded over the same, as represented in Fig. 1H,and are then easily carried about from place to place.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A portable footstool, consisting of the top plate A, with folding legs 0(J, in combination with bags or pockets 1), made of soft and warmmaterial, and attached by bands or straps n and a to the stool, arrangedin the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

JD? 0. B. TYLER.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, WM. MUNOH.

